Rishi Sunak rules out a quick-fix trade deal with India
Multiple sources close to the negotiations have told The Guardian the UK prime minister has rejected the idea of an "early harvest" deal
Multiple sources close to the negotiations have told The Guardian the UK prime minister has rejected the idea of an "early harvest" deal
Meanwhile, Sunak's decision to appoint the quite shrill Suella Braverman, whose mother is a Tamil from Mauritius and her father a Goan, as Home Secretary, continues to haunt him.
They expressed the hope that under his leadership, the relations between the UK and Punjab will become stronger.
Sunak's change in fate was triggered by the resignation of Truss after her high-profile sacking and resignation in her cabinet, following a heavily criticised mini-budget that left the UK pound tumbling.
Truss had succeeded Boris Johnson in early September, after emerging triumphant in the Conservative Party leadership contest over former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak.
Earlier, the government issued a new rule where people in England travelling on trains, buses and commuter ferries, as well as the London Underground, must wear face coverings.
The quarantine policy proposed on June 8 people arriving in the country have to go into self-isolation at a designated address for 14 days as a condition of being allowed through frontier posts.
On Tuesday, Johnson announced that the current 2-metre social distancing rule will be loosened from July 4 to "1 meter plus" in England so as to further ease the coronavirus lockdown.
As many high schools in England also partially re-opened on Monday, thousands of students were heading back to classrooms, with smaller class sizes, for the first time in months.
On Monday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that positive data means the government can press on with its plans.
